Re: (erielack) New EL and Erie prototypes!!!!

[Bruce <qc_@_comcast.net>]

No DL&W  or does the NS not operate over any DLW trackage?
B

On 2/16/2012 1:15 PM, STEVEZ10_@_aol.com wrote:
> Wow!!
>
> This is just amazing!!!! I never thought that something like this  would
> come to fruition!!
>
> Thanks for all your efforts Paul!!!!
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 2/16/2012 1:14:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> paultup_@_comcast.net writes:
>
>
> Full  disclosure: I provided the EL and Erie artwork to them for this
> project. :)
>
>
> Norfolk Southern to debut heritage fleet
>
> Published:  February 16, 2012
>
> NORFOLK, Va. - To celebrate the 30th anniversary of  the Norfolk&
> Western/Southern merger in 1982, Norfolk Southern plans  to honor many of
> the
> railroads that make up the present day NS system. As  Union Pacific did a
> half-decade ago, NS plans to create a fleet of heritage  locomotives, though
> NS's plans are bigger: 18 units honoring a wide variety  of predecessor
> roads.
>
> The locomotives will be 10 SD70ACes on order  from EMD that are being
> constructed at its Muncie, Ind., plant, and eight  ES44ACs from an upcoming
> order for 25 units from GE. While EMD will paint  all 10 heritage units
> in-house, NS forces will paint the eight GEs. The  railroad's Altoona, Pa.,
> shop will paint five, while the Chattanooga,  Tenn., shop will handle three
> heritage units.
>
> The 18 predecessor  railroads selected for heritage paint are:
>
> . Central of Georgia
> .  Conrail
> . Erie
> . Erie Lackawanna
> . Leigh Valley (red)
> . New Haven  (not definite yet)
> . New York Central
> . Nickel Plate Road
> . Norfolk&  Western (blue)
> . Penn Central
> . Pennsylvania (Tuscan Red)
> .  Pittsburg&  West Virginia
> . Reading
> . Savanna&  Atlanta
> .  Southern
> . Tennessee, Alabama&  Georgia
> . Virginian
> .  Wabash
>
> NS plans to recreate the paint schemes as accurately as  possible. By
> contrast, UP used the old railroads' logos and colors, but  created new
> interpretations on the old liveries.
>
> (From Trains  Newswire)
>
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